Winston Engel

Winston Engel (2 January 1732-17 June 1775) was a Colonel of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. Engel was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775.

Biography
Winston was born on 2 January 1732 in Southampton, Hampshire, England to a wealthy family. Engel enlisted in the British Army as an ensign in 1746, and he would go on to serve in the Seven Years' War in 1756. Engel was later sent to British America, and he fought alongside the colonials against the Kingdom of France and Huron tribe in the French and Indian War. Engel rose to the rank of Major at the end of the war in 1760 after fighting at Montreal against France, and in 1770 he was promoted to Colonel. Engel commanded a regiment of regulars at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, and Engel was mortally wounded in the battle.